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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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ost eminent engineers and Street Railway officials ofAmerica. The Allis-Chalmers Company has the proud distinction of furnishing power for the three Sv;r<^i,rn:re,:: Eleva^ted. surface. Underground ^rvr.ed; which contract was for eight engines of the Reynolds-Corliss type of combined vertical and horizontaldesign, each rated at 8,000 H. P. for its most efficient load and capable of operating continuously under aload of 12,000 H. P.; also eleven engines for the Metropolitan Surface, of the vertical type, each rated at5,000 H. P. each, with a maximum capacity of 7,500 H. P.; and the contract of the Rapid TransitRailway for the New York Subway, or Underground, calls for eight engines of the combined vertical andhorizontal type, cylinders 42 inches and 86 inches by 60 inches, each rated at 8,000 H. P., with amaximum of 12,000 H. P. Each of these New York Subway engines will weigh over 700 tons withoutwheels, and like the Manhattan, engines are the largest stationary engines ever built.
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ALLIS-CHALMERS CO. ENGINES are Furnishing IPq^^ji CV6r^ Also in the following Foreign Cities: Ldwrg(e City in theUnited States Shanghai, China Cork, Ireland London, England Berlin, Germany Bristol, England Kimberly, S. A. Middlesboro, England Trieste, Austria Sheffield, England Sulm. Russia Glasgow, Scotland Moscow, Russia (Dublin, Ireland Paris, France Madrid SpainBarcelona, SpainJohannesburg, S. A,New ZealandTacna, ChiliJapan Sydney, Australia Sandwich IslandsMelbourne, AustraliaBuenos Ayres, Arg. Rep.Havana, CubaCity of MexicoRossland, B. C.Honolulu, Hawaii 150 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. COOPER-CORLISS ENGINES Engines qf 50 to 5000 H. P., with Girder or He&.vy DutyFrak.me^, Simple anb Compound for Every Kind of Service.

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